Multispace.



No. 63|,oe2. Patented Aug. l5, |899..

P. F. cox.

MULTISPACE.

(Application led Sept. 14, 1898.)

' Int/e nor PauZfCosc UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PAUL FLEMMING COX, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITYPECOMPANY, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

MULTISPACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,062, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed September 14,1898. Serial No. 690,963. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL FLEMMING COX, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Multispaces; and I hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in machine type-setting; and itconsists in a novel method of justifying composed lines of type and in anovel multispace for use in such method.

The improved multispace consists of a series of separable spaces rangingfrom the thickness of an em-space to that of a hairspace arrangedparallel edge to edge, the lhair-space being at one end and the em-spaceat the other end, the intermediate spaces being arranged successivelybetween the two according to their Width, and adjoining spaces beingconnected at their adjacent edges.

In my new method of j ustifyingthese multispaces or their equivalentsare inserted in the lin'es of type during the composition thereof,preferably with the thick end or em-space in position between the Words,so that the lines lThereafter the projecting spaces on each side of theline of type are broken off, leaving the 1 lines of type properlyjustified. The method may also be employed to justify underset lines bycomposing the type with the thin'` parts of the spaces in position andafter the line is composed shifting the multispaces from 1 thin tothick, successively or simultaneously,

until the line is properly justified and then breaking off the lines, asbefore. j ustify by oversetting the line, as first stated.

I do not propose in this application to describe the mechanism forutilizing the multispaces and carrying out my method, as it is notnecessary to do so, and when the invention is understood variousmechanisms can I prefer to i be readily devised or adapted to utilizethe same.

The invention which I desire to protect by the present application issummarized in the claims following the description, and the accompanying drawings illustrate the construction of the multispace and also themethod of utilizing the same in justifying an overset line.

Referring to said drawings, Figure l is an enlarged face view of amultispace. Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view ofan overset line of type with multispaces in position as composedtherein. Fig. 4 is a view of the same line of type after the multispaceshave been adjusted to justify it. Fig. 5 is a similar view of thejustified line of type with the surplus or projecting portions of themultispaces broken away.

As shown in the drawings, the multispace A is composed of a number ofordinary spaces a of varying sizes arranged parallel, edge to edge, withthe thickest space at one end and the thinnest at the other, theintermediate spaces being arranged according to their thickness betweenthe end spaces. These spaces are separably united by thin integralintermediate connections orbonds d2, so that any space may be easilybroken apart from the others, if desired.

The multispace roughly resembles a thin Wedge composed of a series ofparallel sections of equal length and width and of differentthicknesses.

These multispaces are inserted in the line of type during thecomposition thereof like the oridinary spaces, preferably with thethickest section c between the words, as indicated in Fig. 3, thusproducing an overset line. Then in order to properly justify suchoverset line one or more of the multispaces therein may be successivelyor simultaneously shifted transversely of the line, so as to removethicker portions from the line and bring in thinner portions, until thelength of the line is properly reduced to the desired extent,

As above stated, in composing and justifying an underset line themultispaces would be assembled therein with their thinnest por.- tionsin the line and the line would be justi- IOO iied by shifting the spaceslaterally, as desired, from thick to thin portions until the line waselongated to the proper extent. In justifying the lines by my method itmight be that different thicknesses of different multispaces would beleft between different words if the multispaces were not all shiftedalike. As indicated in Fig. 4, when the line is properly justifiedportions of the multispaces may project on each side thereof. Theseprojecting portions are afterward broken off, as indicated in Fig. 5,leaving the line of type properly justified, just as if spaces ofcorrect width 'had been originally or afterward inserted in the line byhand.

The multispaces can be composed in the line` composed the multispacesare adjusted, as'

described, one by one or in unison, simultaneously or successively, asthe case may be, until the line is brought to the proper length. It mayalso happen that eventually diiferent size spaces may separate differentwords; but this can be regulated by the mechanism for controlling thespaces. After the line is justified the portion of the spaces that isbroken off theopposite sides of the line can be carried to amelting-pot, and the multispaces can be supplied from a suitablereservoir, which can be lled by a casting mechanism connected with themachine, if desired. i

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

1. The herein-described method of justifying type-lines, consisting incomposing the same with wide spaces between the words, adjusting thesespaces laterally of the line until itis properly justified,` and finallyremoving all portions of the spaces projecting from the line, for thepurpose and substantially as described.

2. The herein-described method of justifying type, consisting incomposing the same with wide stepped spaces, adjusting said spacestransversely of the line until it is of the proper length and thenbreaking off or removing the portions of said spaces projectinglaterally from the line, for the purpose and sub- 5o stantially asdescribed.

3. The herein-described method of justifying type, consisting in iirstcomposing a line of type with wide tapered or stepped spaces therein adjusted so as to cause the overset of the line; second, adjusting saidspaces in the line, by moving them transversely thereof, so as to shiftthe portions in the line from thick, to thin until the line is of theproper length;

and third, removing the projecting portions of k6o the stepped spacefrom the line, for the purpose and substantially as described.

4. The herein-described multispace, composed of a series of connectedbut separable sections of relatively different thicknesses,

substantially as described.

5. A multispace composed of a series of rigidly-connected but separablesections of successively different thicknesses arranged edge to edge,the adjoining sections being united 7o at their edges by breakableconnections, for the purpose and substantially as described.

6. The herein-described multispace for type justification consisting ofaseries of individual spaces of successively dierent thicknesses,arranged edge to edge and parallel to each other, the adjoining spacesbeing connected at their edges by teats to permit the easy breaking awayof those spaces which project beyond the line of type wherein the mul-8o PAUL FLEMMING COX.

In presence of- JAS. H. TALLMAN, WILLIAM L. LINKE.

